It’s been a hell of a couple of days. As I always mention on these posts, my “normal” job is retail work, specializing in a retail sector that includes gaming and electronics, among other things, and as you probably know, this past Friday was the most horrible day of the year for retail workers: Black […]
Category: Thoughts and Rants
An Example of IRS Phone Scammers
In XadaraCast Episode 3, Prince Watercress and I discussed phone scammers, namely, IRS scammers. At a point in the podcast, I made comment about how they behave, and wondered how it was people were stupid enough to fall for them. Without context, though, this almost could seem like I’m insulting people, and I wanted to […]
XadaraCast Episode 3 Is Out Now! NES Classic Edition, Phone Scammers, Twitter, Pirated Pokemon, and Redbox Porn?!?
[UPDATE – THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN ABANDONED. THIS IS A LEGACY POST] XadaraCast Episode 3 is out now. In this episode we cover quite a few subjects, from the NES Classic release, various subjects regarding twitter, and at the end, a hilarious case of someone renting a movie from redbox for it to be porn! […]
People Get Offended Over A Microsoft DeadRising 4 Email!
As an Xbox gamer, this is an email I actually received, and thought not much of it: The email, entitled “GGGGGRRRAAAAARRRRGGGHHHH” somehow, in some way, offended people! Okay, more correctly, apparently there was a version that used the text “NNNNNGGGGHHHHAAAAAA” In either case this is an innocuous advert for a zombie game which just happens […]
Office Depot Running A Tech Support Scam?
Well known in the United States as a general small business services store, with a slight focus on technology such as computers, printers, and the like, Office Depot (and the somewhat recently merged Office Max) have been accused of running an in-store tech support scam. This is an accusation I certainly would believe, not just […]
15th Anniversary Of The Xbox
15 years ago, on November 15th, 2001, Microsoft released its entry into the home gaming console scene, the Xbox. Based on computer hardware of the era, and using the DirectX game libraries of Microsoft Windows (hence the project name, DirectX-box) this powerful console filled a hole that was left following Sega ending production of the […]
It’s Hard To Find A NES Classic Edition – What Did You Expect?
So the NES Classic edition (or “NES Mini” as so many people want to stupidly call it) was released today, November 11th, and just as should have been expected, it’s incredibly hard to find one now. Really, what did you expect? In virtually every case where Nintendo releases something major, it’s snagged up instantly. The […]
The 2016 Election
About That Election Tomorrow
It’s That Time Of Year Again
What some call the “most wonderful time of the year”, retail workers call absolute hell – the Holiday Season. That’s right, it’s Christmas music and massive sales the moment Halloween ends, with all the extended hours and chaos to back it up, and it sucks. Hardcore. Now, let’s start off by saying I actually love […]
Tech Support Scammers Have A New Trick – Forced BSOD
Time Marches Forward – An Update
Twitter Is Shutting Down Vine – Good Riddance
Apparently Twitter is losing money at a rate large enough for them to not only lay off 9% of its total staff, but it’s killing off Vine, it’s video sharing service for 6 second looping video clips. Good riddance I say. Sure, some people used vine for more interesting clips; Voice actress Tara Strong, for […]
Sometimes I Hate The PlayStation 2 Controller
CGR Makes A Video Private Due To Negative Feedback About Patreon
Mark, of Classic Game Room, released yesterday another video acting as a “preview” for his patreon exclusive content and it was met, once again, with quite the backlash. His 2 minute preview videos that then ask people to donate on Patreon just aren’t cutting it, and people are calling him out on it. Something I […]












